Borobodur2

A day at Borobodur

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September 25th 2009
Hi all, today we went to Borobodur, the ancient Buddhist monument just outside Yogya. After a 7am start driving through this town's crazy traffic, we travelled past car yards (Henry was happy) and markets and shops and the basic craziness that is Yogya. It is still holiday time here, extremely busy, and there were already many, many people at Borobodur. It is quite breathtaking, but so was the cro ... read more

Asia » Indonesia

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more